Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC in New Zealand
New Zealand: Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC was 0.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.3%
Change on year
down 15.2%
World rank
24th
of 49 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2024
All-time low
0.2%
in 2022
Years of data
8
2018–2025
Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC in New Zealand, 2018–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 0.3% for official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac in 2025.
That represents a change of down 15.2% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
New Zealand ranks 24th of 49 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.3% | — |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -22.3% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | +43.2% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | +3.3% |
| 2025 | 0.3% | -15.2% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.3% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2%, 1.3× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More public sector data for New Zealand
- Arms imports 200.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 37.81 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -50.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 200.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 566.83 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0115 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 3.00 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,538 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac in New Zealand?
- Official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac in New Zealand was 0.3% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2022.
- How does New Zealand rank for official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac?
- New Zealand ranks 24th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official development assistance (oda) as a percentage of oecd-dac rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Official development assistance (ODA) as a percentage of OECD-DAC donors' GNI on grant equivalent basis, by donor countries (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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